Definition of fowl

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Fowl (n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus)..

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Gamecock :: Gamecock (n.) The male game fowl.
Truss :: Truss (n.) To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it..
Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop..
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Anas :: Anas (n.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks..
Sheldfowl :: Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.
Fowler :: Fowler (n.) A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food..
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot..
Nest :: Nest (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Roostcock :: Roostcock (n.) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
Guano :: Guano (n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer..
Web-footed :: Web-footed (a.) Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl..
Peacock :: Peacock (n.) In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl..
Troopfowl :: Troopfowl (n.) The American scaup duck.
Flock :: Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl..
Mew :: Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural..
Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat..
Trail :: Trail (n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep..
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